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| Amsterdam's 'no toking' signs set to become more of a collector's item after legal setback | After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam will likely have to stub out the "no toking" signs it introduced in a... |
| An economic perspective on the legalisation debate: the Dutch case | Understanding the consequences of drug legalisation versus prohibition is important for policy. Most recently this subject has gained much political a... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is fi... |
| Closed shops | In a rolling process, Dutch "coffee shops", where cannabis is freely sold for private consumption, could soon become closed clubs. New gov... |
| Clubbers should be able to test their ecstasy | Media reports of two deaths at the weekend in the same party venue have once again been accompanied by police suggestions that the drug responsible is... |
| Costa in Amsterdam | The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Costa, recently visited Amsterdam on 24 April. Accompanied by some officials of the Neth... |
| Court backs Dutch ruling on coffee shops | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that a municipal regulation imposed by the city of Maastricht prohibiting local coffee-shop owners from admit... |
| Drug Policy Reform in Practice | The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with th... |
| Dutch 'cannabis card' roll-out draws defiance | New Dutch laws to stub out the sale of cannabis to foreign dope tourists kicked in Tuesday -- and were met with defiance from southern coffee shops in... |
| Dutch 'cannabis card' rollout in disarray | A week after a contentious rollout of a new Dutch law to stub out cannabis sales to foreigners, enforcement is in disarray as some police are untrai... |
| Dutch ban foreigners from cannabis cafes in Maastricht area | Dutch Minister of Justice Ivo Opstelten has announced an official ban on non-residents from coffee shops not just in Maastricht, but in the nearby c... |
| Dutch cannabis cafes to start tourist ban in May | New legislation to ban non-Dutch residents from cannabis-selling coffee shops in southern Netherlands should be enforced no later than May 1 next ye... |
| Dutch city wants to grow cannabis in a cooperative | The Dutch city of Utrecht wants cannabis smokers to grow their own marijuana in a cooperative, a move which would go against the Netherlands' d... |
| Dutch city's coffee shops close doors to most cannabis tourists | Coffee shops in the Dutch city of Maastricht have banned foreign tourists, except those from Germany and Belgium, from entering their premises. &quo... |
| Dutch coffee shops fear coalition crackdown | The traditional Dutch tolerance of the sale of small amounts of marijuana through licensed "coffee shops" is under severe strain. On 14 Oct... |
| Dutch drug tourism takes hit in border town | Foreign visitors will no longer be welcome to purchase cannabis in the coffee shops of Dutch border city Maastricht, unless they can prove that they ... |
| Dutch fear threat to liberalism in "soft drugs" curbs | The Netherlands is embarking on a crusade against its multi-billion-euro marijuana industry, with significant implications both for its economy and ... |
| Dutch government delays plans to ban tourists from buying weed | The conservative Dutch government said it is delaying plans to ban tourists from buying marijuana until at least May 2012, though it still intends t... |
| Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops? | Under legislation spearheaded by the conservative government, only Dutch residents will be allowed to enter cannabis-selling coffeeshops. The Dutch go... |
| Dutch judge upholds ban on foreigners buying pot | A Dutch judge on Friday upheld the government's plan to introduce a "weed pass" to prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee s... |
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